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Scott, David R., and David J. Stevenson. "Magma ascent by porous flow." Journal of Geophysical Research 91, B9 (1986): 9283. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/jb091ib09p09283.
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Olsen, Sakiko N., Bruce D. Marsh, and Lukas P. Baumgartner. "Modelling mid-crustal migmatite terrains as feeder zones for granite plutons: the competing dynamics of melt transfer by bulk versus porous flow." Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 95, no. 1-2 (March 2004): 49–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0263593300000912.
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ABSTRACTThe common association of mid-crustal migmatites with an upper-level granite pluton could indicate that the migmatites are a feeder zone for the pluton. If magma from a deeper level pervasively intrudes a high temperature metamorphic complex, most of the intruded magma would not freeze because of the prevailing temperature. The interaction between the magma and country rocks, which could include partial melting and crystallisation of the magma passing through, would modify magma to a more granitic composition, as found in the higher-level pluton.The physical aspect of the magma transport through such a hot feeder zone is modelled by introducing a dimensionless melt transport (MT) number, which is the ratio of the rate of melt movement caused by the bulk flow of the entire mass (melt+solid) to that of porous media flow of melt only through the solid framework. The MT number is strongly dependent on the melt content of the melt-rich zone (MRZ), the diameter of the MRZ and typical particle size in the MRZ.The ∼300-Ma, diatexitic, Lauterbrunnen migmatites (LM) in the Aar massif, Swiss Alps, may be such a feeder zone for the nearby 303-Ma Gastern granite (GG). The chemical and field evidence indicates that the LM formed by an intrusion of intermediate composition magma, which interacted with country rocks to produce a magma of GG composi
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Melnik, O. E., A. A. Afanasyev, and G. A. Zarin. "Magma degassing during eruption through water-saturated porous rocks." Doklady Physics 61, no. 5 (May 2016): 235–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/s1028335816050074.
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Rees Jones, David W., and Richard F. Katz. "Reaction-infiltration instability in a compacting porous medium." Journal of Fluid Mechanics 852 (August 2, 2018): 5–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2018.524.
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Certain geological features have been interpreted as evidence of channelized magma flow in the mantle, which is a compacting porous medium. Aharonov et al. (J. Geophys. Res., vol. 100 (B10), 1995, pp. 20433–20450) developed a simple model of reactive porous flow and numerically analysed its instability to channels. The instability relies on magma advection against a chemical solubility gradient and the porosity-dependent permeability of the porous host rock. We extend the previous analysis by systematically mapping out the parameter space. Crucially, we augment numerical solutions with asymptotic analysis to better understand the physical controls on the instability. We derive scalings for the critical conditions of the instability and analyse the associated bifurcation structure. We also determine scalings for the wavelengths and growth rates of the channel structures that emerge. We obtain quantitative theories for and a physical understanding of, first, how advection or diffusion over the reactive time scale sets the horizontal length scale of channels and, second, the role of viscous compaction of the host rock, which also affects the vertical extent of channelized flow. These scalings allow us to derive estimates of the dimensions of emergent channels that are consistent with the geologic record.
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Claydon, R. V., and B. R. Bell. "The structure and petrology of ultrabasic rocks in the southern part of the Cuillin Igneous Complex, Isle of Skye." Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences 83, no. 4 (1992): 635–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0263593300003345.
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AbstractThe ultrabasic rocks of the southern portion of the Early Tertiary Cuillin Igneous Complex, Isle of Skye, are recognised as forming a Peridotite Series s.l. and have been separated into six distinct structural–lithological units. These units range from almost pure dunite (Unit 1, at the lowest structural level), through to feldspathic peridotites and allivalites (Units 5 and 6, at the highest structural levels). Detailed field and mineralogical studies indicate that both cumulus and postcumulus processes involving ultrabasic (picritic) magmas may be identified, and that the latter processes have significantly modified many of the primary features of these rocks.Layering, both modal and phase, is present within all six units, although it is more prominent within the higher units, especially Units 5 and 6. Differing orientations of fabrics defined by cumulus spinel and intercumulus plagioclase layers within Unit 3 indicate the important role of compaction and intercumulus melt migration. Unit 4 is extremely heterogeneous, involving material ranging in composition from peridotite to allivalite, and provides clear evidence for postcumulus melt movement, magma-mixing, disruption and brecciation. Units 5 and 6 developed with a more porous cumulus framework, giving rise to dendritic growths involving cumulus olivine and poikilitic plagioclase.It is concluded that postcumulus melt movement, injection and magma-mixing, involving ultrabasic magmas, were significant processes in the formation of the ultrabasic rocks of the Cuillin Igneous Complex.
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KOYAGUCHI, TAKEHIRO. "MULTIPHASE FLOWS IN MAGMATISM." International Journal of Modern Physics B 07, no. 09n10 (April 20, 1993): 1997–2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0217979293002730.
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Diversity of volcanic activities reflects various styles of magma flows. One of the most important characters of the magma flows is that they are composed of gas, liquid and solid phases (multiphase flow). Macroscopic behaviours of multiphase flows are affected by their internal microstructures including the distribution of each phase and the shape of the boundaries between the two phases. Magma segregation from partially molten rock occurs by porous flow being accompanied with compaction of the matrix rock, the macroscopic behaviours of which are governed by microscopic flows of the melt at grain boundaries and deformation of each crystal. The fluctuation of magma effusion at volcanic eruptions is explained by instability of gas-liquid two-phase flow, which depends on motion of each bubble and the ability of bubbles to coalesce. Complex features of pyroclastic flow result from a wide range of grain-size, and hence, variable settling velocities of volcanic fragments within the flow. Physical processes of these multiphase flows in magmatism are reviewed.
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Alidibirov, Mikhail, and Vsevolod Panov. "Magma fragmentation dynamics: experiments with analogue porous low-strength material." Bulletin of Volcanology 59, no. 7 (June 23, 1998): 481–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s004450050205.
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Ichihara, Mie, Daniel Rittel, and Bradford Sturtevant. "Fragmentation of a porous viscoelastic material: Implications to magma fragmentation." Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 107, B10 (October 2002): ECV 8–1—ECV 8–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2001jb000591.
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Correale, Alessandra, Vittorio Scribano, and Antonio Paonita. "A Volcanological Paradox in a Thin-Section: Large Explosive Eruptions of High-Mg Magmas Explained Through a Vein of Silicate Glass in a Serpentinized Peridotite Xenolith (Hyblean Area, Sicily)." Geosciences 9, no. 4 (March 29, 2019): 150. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/geosciences9040150.
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Ultramafic magmas (MgO ≥ 18 wt%) are generally thought to be primary mantle melts formed at temperatures in excess of 1600 °C. Volatile contents are expected to be low, and accordingly, high-Mg magmas generally do not yield large explosive eruptions. However, there are important exceptions to low explosivity that require an explanation. Here we show that hydrous (hence, potentially explosive) ultramafic magmas can also form at crustal depths at temperatures even lower than 1000 °C. Such a conclusion arose from the study of a silicate glass vein, ~1 mm in thickness, cross-cutting a mantle-derived harzburgite xenolith from the Valle Guffari nephelinite diatreme (Hyblean area, Sicily). The glass vein postdates a number of serpentine veins already existing in the host harzburgite, thus reasonably excluding that the melt infiltrated in the rock at mantle depths. The glass is highly porous at the sub-micron scale, it also bears vesicles filled by secondary minerals. The distribution of some major elements corresponds to a meimechite composition (MgO = 20.35 wt%; Na2O + K2O < 1 wt%; and TiO2 > 1 wt%). On the other hand, trace element distribution in the vein glass nearly matches the nephelinite juvenile clasts in the xenolith-bearing tuff-breccia. These data strongly support the hypothesis that an upwelling nephelinite melt (MgO = 7–9 wt%; 1100 ≤ T ≤ 1250 °C) intersected fractured serpentinites (T ≤ 500 °C) buried in the aged oceanic crust. The consequent dehydroxilization of the serpentine minerals gave rise to a supercritical aqueous fluid, bearing finely dispersed, hydrated cationic complexes such as [Mg2+(H2O)n]. The high-Mg, hydrothermal solution "flushed" into the nephelinite magma producing an ultramafic, hydrous (hence, potentially explosive), hybrid magma. This hypothesis explains the volcanological paradox of large explosive eruptions produced by ultramafic magmas.
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Woods, Andrew W., and Michael J. Stock. "Some fluid mechanical constraints on crystallization and recharge within sills." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 377, no. 2139 (January 7, 2019): 20180007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2018.0007.
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The injection of hot magma into a sill can lead to heating and melting of the walls and roof of the reservoir while the injected magma cools and crystallizes. If the crystals are relatively dense, they will try to sediment from the injected magma to form a cumulate layer. In this cumulate layer, the crystals form a porous framework which traps the melt as it is built up. As the melt within the sill continually cools and precipitates dense crystals, there will be a gradual reduction in the density of the remaining silicate liquid. As a result, the melt which is progressively trapped in the pore space of the cumulate layer will become stably stratified in density. Using an idealized model of the fluid mechanical and thermodynamical principles, we explore some of the controls on the thickness and density stratification of cumulate layers following replenishment of a sill-like magma chamber. We show the balance between jamming of the crystal laden melt to form a homogeneous layer and the formation of a stratified cumulate zone depends on the cooling time scale compared to the sedimentation time scale. A key finding is that the composition and stratification in a packed crystal–melt suspension and the associated cumulate layer formed by cooling an intrusion of hot melt injected into the crust may have considerable variability, depending on the properties of the overlying roof melt and the size and hence fall speed of crystals which form in the melt. This article is part of the Theo Murphy meeting issue ‘Magma reservoir architecture and dynamics’.
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Boehm, R. F., D. L. Berg, and A. Ortega. "Modeling of a Magma Energy Geothermal Open Cycle Power Plant." Journal of Energy Resources Technology 111, no. 4 (December 1, 1989): 239–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.3231430.
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We are currently investigating the engineering feasibility of drilling into an active magma body at a depth of roughly 5 km from the earth’s surface, establishing a downhole heat exchange region, and extracting thermal energy from the magma body by circulating fluid through this heat exchange region. In the present paper, we evaluate the overall thermodynamic performance of a conceptual magma energy system in which energy is added as heat to the fluid within the magma region and is converted to useful work in a power conversion cycle at the surface. Unusually high return temperatures and pressures may be available at the wellhead of such a circulating well. Investigated here is an open Rankine power system in which heated water from the magma well is circulated directly through a power conversion cycle. The downhole heat exchange region is established during the drilling process. As drilling proceeds into the magma, a solidified layer forms about the drilling tube due to heat exchange to the fluid. This solidified layer thermally fractures because of large temperature gradients between the cooled inner region and the heater outer region, thereby opening secondary flow paths. Two models of the downhole behavior have been used. In the simplest approach, denoted as the “infinite area model,” the water entering the pipe to return to the surface is assumed to be always at the temperature of the magma, independent of mass flow rate and other parameters. The other model is more detailed and the fractured heat exchange region is modeled as a cylindrical porous layer through which fluid flows vertically. The net power and other performance aspects for the systems are investigated in terms of various parameters, including the characteristics of the downhole heat transfer. It is concluded that the open Rankine cycle probably will not be appropriate for this application; however, the analysis provides the first insights into possible characteristics of this energy resource.
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Zhao, Chongbin, B. E. Hobbs, A. Ord, Shenglin Peng, H. B. Mühlhaus, and Liangming Liu. "Numerical modelling of chemical effects of magma solidification problems in porous rocks." International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 64, no. 6 (2005): 709–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nme.1372.
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Epstein, Michael. "Dryout Heat Flux During Penetration of Water Into Solidifying Rock." Journal of Heat Transfer 128, no. 8 (February 28, 2006): 847–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.2227042.
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A model for the dryout heat flux during penetration of water into solidifying rock is developed by combining steady-state one-dimensional phase change theory with available semiempirical equations for (i) the dryout heat flux in a porous medium and (ii) the permeability of hot rock cooled by water. The model is in good agreement with measurements made during the pouring of water onto molten magma. The implication of the model with respect to stabilizing molten-nuclear-reactor-core material by flooding from above is discussed.
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Fowler, A. C., Bettina Scheu, W. T. Lee, and M. J. McGuinness. "A theoretical model of the explosive fragmentation of vesicular magma." Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 466, no. 2115 (November 3, 2009): 731–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2009.0382.
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Recent experimental work has shown that, when a vertical column of rock under large pressure is suddenly depressurized, the column can ‘explode’ in a structured and repeatable way. The observations show that a sequence of horizontal fractures forms from the top down, and the resulting blocks are lifted off and ejected. The blocks can suffer secondary internal fractures. This experiment provides a framework for understanding the way in which catastrophic explosion can occur, and is motivated by the corresponding phenomenon of magmatic explosion during Vulcanian eruptions. We build a theoretical model to describe these results, and show that it is capable of describing both the primary sequence of fracturing and the secondary intrablock fracturing. The model allows us to suggest a practical criterion for when such explosions occur: firstly, the initial confining pressure must exceed the yield stress of the rock, and, secondly, the diffusion of the gas by porous flow must be sufficiently slow that a large excess pore pressure is built up. This will be the case if the rock permeability is small enough.
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Kent, R. W., N. C. Ghose, P. R. Paul, M. J. Hassan, and A. D. Saunders. "Coal—magma interaction: an integrated model for the emplacement of cylindrical intrusions." Geological Magazine 129, no. 6 (November 1992): 753–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0016756800008475.
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AbstractOlivine-bearing lamproite magmas intruded into Permian coal seams in northeast India occur as root-like cylinder stockworks, extending for up to several kilometres up-dip along the bedding planes of their sedimentary host. Clusters of eight or more conduits are typical, linked by thin tubular cross-branches. Cylindrical geometry may arise by injection of hot, low-viscosity fluid through a slot, with the development of multiple tube-like instabilities at the interface between the moving fluid and a higher-viscosity host. This behaviour appears more complex than the models of Chouke, van Meurs & van der Pod, and Saffman & Taylor, which predict the development of a single dominant tube in porous or layered flow. Cylinder emplacement may be an essentially passive process, in which the sediment column is reduced by expulsion of heated pore fluids at the head of the moving intrusion, creating a space into which the melt can propagate. Generation of a superheated vapour envelope by non-nucleated film boiling of these fluids around the hot lamproite magma (the Leidenfrost effect) allows melt flow to be maintained in a lengthening tube thermally insulated from the surrounding coal, in a manner analogous to submarine lava tubes. Cooling of the magma through the Nukiyama temperature (the temperature at which maximum evaporation of the heated fluid occurs) may give rise to violent surface boiling and the formation of large vapour bubbles at the magma–coal interface. Implosion of these bubbles could then result in the formation of shock breccias, comparable to hyaloclastites produced by bubble or surface film collapse in the vicinity of pillow lava tubes. The operation of such a process around lamproite magma is suggested by the presence of complex breccias composed of highly fragmented coal, sandstone, and lamproite, at the termini of certain cylinders.Surface and subsurface exposures of the cylinders reveal the presence of a carbonate–chlorite–clay halo surrounding each intrusion, resulting from the alteration of mafic mineral phases by fugitive volatiles released from the protective vapour jacket. The coal seams proximal to intrusion clusters are relatively undeformed, with no evidence of assimilation by the invading melts. The coals have experienced extensive carbonization, probably as a result of slow conductive heating from the cooling lamproite bodies, or fluids derived therefrom. Field observations indicate that these thermal effects are not merely confined to the coal–melt interface, but occur for some considerable distance away from the intrusions, producing large areas of naturally coked coal.
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Zhao, Chongbin, B. E. Hobbs, A. Ord, Ge Lin, and H. B. Mühlhaus. "An equivalent algorithm for simulating thermal effects of magma intrusion problems in porous rocks." Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 192, no. 31-32 (August 2003): 3397–408. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0045-7825(03)00293-7.
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Troll, V. R., A. Klügel, M. A. Longpré, S. Burchardt, F. M. Deegan, J. C. Carracedo, S. Wiesmaier, et al. "Floating sandstones off El Hierro (Canary Islands, Spain): the peculiar case of the October 2011 eruption." Solid Earth Discussions 3, no. 2 (December 1, 2011): 975–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/sed-3-975-2011.
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Abstract. The eruption that started off the south coast of El Hierro, Canary Islands, in October 2011 has emitted intriguing eruption products found floating in the sea. These specimens appeared as floating volcanic "bombs" that have in the meantime been termed "restingolites" (after the close-by village of La Restinga) and exhibit cores of white and porous pumice-like material. Currently the nature and origin of these "floating stones" is vigorously debated among researchers, with important implications for the interpretation of the hazard potential of the ongoing eruption. The "restingolites" have been proposed to be either (i) juvenile high-silica magma (e.g. rhyolite), (ii) remelted magmatic material (trachyte), (iii) altered volcanic rock, or (iv) reheated hyaloclastites or zeolite from the submarine slopes of El Hierro. Here, we provide evidence that supports yet a different conclusion. We have collected and analysed the structure and composition of samples and compared the results to previous work on similar rocks found in the archipelago. Based on their high silica content, the lack of igneous trace element signatures, and the presence of remnant quartz crystals, jasper fragments and carbonate relicts, we conclude that "restingolites" are in fact xenoliths from pre-island sedimentary rocks that were picked up and heated by the ascending magma causing them to partially melt and vesiculate. They hence represent messengers from depth that help us to understand the interaction between ascending magma and crustal lithologies in the Canary Islands as well as in similar Atlantic islands that rest on sediment/covered ocean crust (e.g. Cape Verdes, Azores). The occurrence of these "restingolites" does therefore not indicate the presence of an explosive high-silica magma that is involved in the ongoing eruption.
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Yang, Fan, Xiao-Long Huang, Yi-Gang Xu, and Peng-Li He. "Magmatic Processes Associated with Oceanic Crustal Accretion at Slow-spreading Ridges: Evidence from Plagioclase in Mid-ocean Ridge Basalts from the South China Sea." Journal of Petrology 60, no. 6 (May 10, 2019): 1135–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egz027.
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Abstract Magmatic processes associated with oceanic crustal accretion at slow-spreading mid-oceanic ridges are less well understood compared with those at fast-spreading ridges. Zoned plagioclase in the basalts might record these magmatic processes as a result of the very slow intra-crystal diffusion of CaAl–NaSi. Plagioclase phenocrysts in plagioclase-phyric basalt from Hole U1433B of International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 349 in the South China Sea show complex zoning patterns (e.g. normal, reverse, oscillatory and patchy). These samples provide a rare opportunity to determine the magma dynamics associated with oceanic crustal accretion at slow-spreading ridges through time. Igneous lithological units in Hole U1433B consist of a series of massive lava flows at the bottom and a thick succession of small pillow lava flows at the top. Most of the plagioclase phenocrysts in the massive lava show core–rim zonation with high-An cores (An ∼85%; in mole fraction; Pl-A) in equilibrium with melts that are more primitive than their host. Some high-An cores of Pl-A phenocrysts contain melt inclusions and are depleted in La, Ce, Y and Ti, but enriched in Sr and Eu; this is interpreted as resulting from dissolution–crystallization processes during reaction of hot melt with pre-existing plagioclase cumulates. In the pillow lavas, most of the plagioclase phenocrysts show normal core–mantle–rim zonation (Pl-B) with An contents decreasing gradually from the core to the mantle to the rim, suggesting extensive magma mixing and differentiation. Reversely zoned plagioclases (Pl-C) are sparsely present throughout the basalts, but mostly occur in the lower part of the drill hole. The cores of euhedral Pl-C phenocrysts are compositionally comparable with the mantles of Pl-B phenocrysts, suggesting that the evolved magma was recharged by a relatively primitive magma. Melt inclusion-bearing Pl-A phenocrysts occur mainly in the massive lava, but rarely in the pillow lava, whereas Pl-B phenocrysts are present dominantly in the pillow lava, which reflects reducing melt–rock interaction and enhanced magma mixing, recharging and differentiation from the bottom to the top of the hole. In addition, the extensive magma mixing and differentiation recorded by Pl-B phenocrysts in the pillow lava require the existence of a melt lens beneath the mid-ocean ridge. Consistently, the plagioclase phenocrysts in the pillow lava mostly lack melt inclusions, corresponding to very weak melt–rock reactions, which indicates that the magma was transported through plagioclase cumulates by channel flow and requires a higher magma supply to the magma conduit. Therefore, the textural and compositional variations of plagioclase phenocrysts in the samples reflect the changes in magma dynamics of the mid-ocean ridge basalt through time with respect to oceanic crustal accretion at slow-spreading ridges. Overall, the oceanic crustal accretion process is sensitive to the magma supply. In the period between two episodes of extension, owing to a low melt supply the primitive melt percolates through and interacts with the mush zone by porous flow, which produces melt inclusion-bearing high-An plagioclase through dissolution–crystallization processes. At the initial stage of a new episode of extension, the melt infiltrates the mush zone and entrains crystal cargoes including melt inclusion-bearing high-An plagioclase. During the major stage of extension, owing to a relatively high melt supply the melt penetrates the mush zone by channel flow and can pool as melt lenses somewhere beneath the dikes; this forms intermediate plagioclases and the reverse zoning of plagioclases by magma mixing, recharging and differentiation in the melt lens. Such magmatic processes might occur repeatedly during the episodic extension that accompanies oceanic crustal accretion at slow-spreading ridges, which enhances the lateral structural heterogeneity of the oceanic crust.
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Strehlow, K., J. H. Gottsmann, and A. C. Rust. "Poroelastic responses of confined aquifers to subsurface strain and their use for volcano monitoring." Solid Earth 6, no. 4 (November 10, 2015): 1207–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/se-6-1207-2015.
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Abstract. Well water level changes associated with magmatic unrest can be interpreted as a result of pore pressure changes in the aquifer due to crustal deformation, and so could provide constraints on the subsurface processes causing this strain. We use finite element analysis to demonstrate the response of aquifers to volumetric strain induced by pressurized magma reservoirs. Two different aquifers are invoked – an unconsolidated pyroclastic deposit and a vesicular lava flow – and embedded in an impermeable crust, overlying a magma chamber. The time-dependent, fully coupled models simulate crustal deformation accompanying chamber pressurization and the resulting hydraulic head changes as well as flow through the porous aquifer, i.e. porous flow. The simulated strain leads to centimetres (pyroclastic aquifer) to metres (lava flow aquifer) of hydraulic head changes; both strain and hydraulic head change with time due to substantial porous flow in the hydrological system. Well level changes are particularly sensitive to chamber volume, shape and pressurization strength, followed by aquifer permeability and the phase of the pore fluid. The depths of chamber and aquifer, as well as the aquifer's Young's modulus also have significant influence on the hydraulic head signal. While source characteristics, the distance between chamber and aquifer and the elastic stratigraphy determine the strain field and its partitioning, flow and coupling parameters define how the aquifer responds to this strain and how signals change with time. We find that generic analytical models can fail to capture the complex pre-eruptive subsurface mechanics leading to strain-induced well level changes, due to aquifer pressure changes being sensitive to chamber shape and lithological heterogeneities. In addition, the presence of a pore fluid and its flow have a significant influence on the strain signal in the aquifer and are commonly neglected in analytical models. These findings highlight the need for numerical models for the interpretation of observed well level signals. However, simulated water table changes do indeed mirror volumetric strain, and wells are therefore a valuable addition to monitoring systems that could provide important insights into pre-eruptive dynamics.
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Greenbank, Emma, Mark J. McGuinness, and C. Ian Schipper. "A theoretical model of Surtseyan bomb fragmentation." Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 477, no. 2253 (September 2021): 20210166. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2021.0166.
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Surtseyan eruptions are an important class of mostly basaltic volcanic eruptions first identified in the 1960s, where erupting magma at an air–water interface interacts with large quantities of slurry, a mixture of previously ejected tephra that re-enters the crater together with water. During a Surtseyan eruption, hot magma bombs are ejected that initially contain pockets of slurry. Despite the formation of steam and anticipated subsequent high pressures inside these bombs, many survive to land without exploding. We seek to explain this by building and solving a simplified spherical mathematical model that describes the coupled evolution of pressure and temperature due to the flashing of liquid to vapour within a Surtseyan bomb while it is in flight. Analysis of the model provides a criterion for fragmentation of the bomb due to steam pressure build-up, and predicts that if diffusive steam flow through the porous bomb is sufficiently rapid the bomb will survive the flight intact. This criterion explicitly relates fragmentation to bomb properties, and describes how a Surtseyan bomb can survive in flight despite containing flashing liquid water, contributing to an ongoing discussion in volcanology about the origins of the inclusions found inside bombs.
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Hewitt, I. J., and A. C. Fowler. "Partial melting in an upwelling mantle column." Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 464, no. 2097 (May 8, 2008): 2467–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2008.0045.
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Decompression melting of hot upwelling rock in the mantle creates a region of partial melt comprising a porous solid matrix through which magma rises buoyantly. Magma transport and the compensating matrix deformation are commonly described by two-phase compaction models, but melt production is less often incorporated. Melting is driven by the necessity to maintain thermodynamic equilibrium between mineral grains in the partial melt; the position and amount of partial melting that occur are thus thermodynamically determined. We present a consistent model for the ascent of a one-dimensional column of rock and provide solutions that reveal where and how much partial melting occurs, the positions of the boundaries of the partial melt being determined by conserving energy across them. Thermodynamic equilibrium of the boundary between partial melt and the solid lithosphere requires a boundary condition on the effective pressure (solid pressure minus melt pressure), which suggests that large effective stresses, and hence fracture, are likely to occur near the base of the lithosphere. Matrix compaction, melt separation and temperature in the partially molten region are all dependent on the effective pressure, a fact that can lead to interesting oscillatory boundary-layer structures.
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Lissenberg, C. Johan, Christopher J. MacLeod, and Emma N. Bennett. "Consequences of a crystal mush-dominated magma plumbing system: a mid-ocean ridge perspective." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 377, no. 2139 (January 7, 2019): 20180014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2018.0014.
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Crystal mush is rapidly emerging as a new paradigm for the evolution of igneous systems. Mid-ocean ridges provide a unique opportunity to study mush processes: geophysical data indicate that, even at the most magmatically robust fast-spreading ridges, the magma plumbing system typically comprises crystal mush. In this paper, we describe some of the consequences of crystal mush for the evolution of the mid-ocean ridge magmatic system. One of these is that melt migration by porous flow plays an important role, in addition to rapid, channelized flow. Facilitated by both buoyancy and (deformation-enhanced) compaction, porous flow leads to reactions between the mush and migrating melts. Reactions between melt and the surrounding crystal framework are also likely to occur upon emplacement of primitive melts into the mush. Furthermore, replenishment facilitates mixing between the replenishing melt and interstitial melts of the mush. Hence, crystal mushes facilitate reaction and mixing, which leads to significant homogenization, and which may account for the geochemical systematics of mid-ocean ridge basalt (MORB). A second consequence is cryptic fractionation. At mid-ocean ridges, a plagioclase framework may already have formed when clinopyroxene saturates. As a result, clinopyroxene phenocrysts are rare, despite the fact that the vast majority of MORB records clinopyroxene fractionation. Hence, melts extracted from crystal mush may show a cryptic fractionation signature. Another consequence of a mush-dominated plumbing system is that channelized flow of melts through the crystal mush leads to the occurrence of vertical magmatic fabrics in oceanic gabbros, as well as the entrainment of diverse populations of phenocrysts. Overall, we conclude that the occurrence of crystal mush has a number of fundamental implications for the behaviour and evolution of magmatic systems, and that mid-ocean ridges can serve as a useful template for trans-crustal mush columns elsewhere. This article is part of the Theo Murphy meeting issue ‘Magma reservoir architecture and dynamics'.
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Lavallée, Yan, Takahiro Miwa, James D. Ashworth, Paul A. Wallace, Jackie E. Kendrick, Rebecca Coats, Anthony Lamur, et al. "Transient conduit permeability controlled by a shift between compactant shear and dilatant rupture at Unzen volcano (Japan)." Solid Earth 13, no. 5 (May 10, 2022): 875–900. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/se-13-875-2022.
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Abstract. The permeability of magma in volcanic conduits controls the fluid flow and pore pressure development that regulates gas emissions and the style of volcanic eruptions. The architecture of the permeable porous structure is subject to changes as magma deforms and outgasses during ascent. Here, we present a high-resolution study of the permeability distribution across two conduit shear zones (marginal and central) developed in the dacitic spine that extruded towards the closing stages of the 1991–1995 eruption at Unzen volcano, Japan. The marginal shear zone is approximately 3.2 m wide and exhibits a 2 m wide, moderate shear zone with porosity and permeability similar to the conduit core, transitioning into a ∼ 1 m wide, highly sheared region with relatively low porosity and permeability, as well as an outer 20 cm wide cataclastic fault zone. The low-porosity, highly sheared rock further exhibits an anisotropic permeability network, with slightly higher permeability along the shear plane (parallel to the conduit margin), and is locally overprinted by oblique dilational Riedel fractures. The central shear zone is defined by a 3 m long by ∼ 9 cm wide fracture ending bluntly and bordered by a 15–40 cm wide damage zone with permeability enhanced by ∼ 3 orders of magnitude; directional permeability and resultant anisotropy could not be measured from this exposure. We interpret the permeability and porosity of the marginal shear zone to reflect the evolution of compactional (i.e. ductile) shear during ascent up to the point of rupture, which was estimated by Umakoshi et al. (2008) at ∼ 500 m depth. At this point the compactional shear zone would have been locally overprinted by brittle rupture, promoting the development of a shear fault and dilational Riedel fractures during repeating phases of increased magma ascent rate, enhancing anisotropic permeability that channels fluid flow into and along the conduit margin. In contrast, we interpret the central shear zone as a shallow, late-stage dilational structure, which partially tore the core of the spine, leaving a slight permanent displacement. We explore constraints from monitored seismicity and stick-slip behaviour to evaluate the rheological controls, which accompanied the shift from compactional toward dilational shear as magma approached the surface, and discuss their importance in controlling the permeability development of magma evolving from overall ductile to increasingly brittle behaviour during ascent and eruption.
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SUN, YUE-FENG, JOHN T. KUO, and YU-CHIUNG TENG. "EFFECTS OF POROSITY ON SEISMIC ATTENUATION." Journal of Computational Acoustics 02, no. 01 (March 1994): 53–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0218396x94000051.
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Effects of porosity on the attenuation of wave propagation are studied. The effects of pore fluids and porous structures are significant on changing the shapes of propagating wavelets. The waveform change of a propagating wavelet is much more sensitive to porosity than intrinsic attenuation. The attenuation occurred in natural rocks may largely due to these porous effects in addition to the internal friction of the solid represented by the intrinsic quality factor Q. The waveform of a propagating wavelet is quantitatively associated with attenuation, porosity, and fluid content, and is characterized by three parameters: the porosity ϕ, the quality factor Q, and the center frequency f0. Estimations of attenuation, porosity, and fluid content can be made by optimal wavelet analysis. High-resolution mapping of subsurface structures can be achieved by solving the integral equation with the nonlinear optimization of the time-variant wavelets. The inversion and the optimization schemes have been applied to study the porous sea floor and the crustal axial magma chamber (AMC) on the East Pacific Rise. These results provide porosity, attenuation information, and the highly resolved wave events, for further evaluation of compressional and shear wave velocities and other physical properties such as crack density and aspect ratio.
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Troll, V. R., A. Klügel, M. A. Longpré, S. Burchardt, F. M. Deegan, J. C. Carracedo, S. Wiesmaier, et al. "Floating stones off El Hierro, Canary Islands: xenoliths of pre-island sedimentary origin in the early products of the October 2011 eruption." Solid Earth 3, no. 1 (March 13, 2012): 97–110. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/se-3-97-2012.
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Abstract. A submarine eruption started off the south coast of El Hierro, Canary Islands, on 10 October 2011 and continues at the time of this writing (February 2012). In the first days of the event, peculiar eruption products were found floating on the sea surface, drifting for long distances from the eruption site. These specimens, which have in the meantime been termed "restingolites" (after the close-by village of La Restinga), appeared as black volcanic "bombs" that exhibit cores of white and porous pumice-like material. Since their brief appearance, the nature and origin of these "floating stones" has been vigorously debated among researchers, with important implications for the interpretation of the hazard potential of the ongoing eruption. The "restingolites" have been proposed to be either (i) juvenile high-silica magma (e.g. rhyolite), (ii) remelted magmatic material (trachyte), (iii) altered volcanic rock, or (iv) reheated hyaloclastites or zeolite from the submarine slopes of El Hierro. Here, we provide evidence that supports yet a different conclusion. We have analysed the textures and compositions of representative "restingolites" and compared the results to previous work on similar rocks found in the Canary Islands. Based on their high-silica content, the lack of igneous trace element signatures, the presence of remnant quartz crystals, jasper fragments and carbonate as well as wollastonite (derived from thermal overprint of carbonate) and their relatively high oxygen isotope values, we conclude that "restingolites" are in fact xenoliths from pre-island sedimentary layers that were picked up and heated by the ascending magma, causing them to partially melt and vesiculate. As they are closely resembling pumice in appearance, but are xenolithic in origin, we refer to these rocks as "xeno-pumice". The El Hierro xeno-pumices hence represent messengers from depth that help us to understand the interaction between ascending magma and crustal lithologies beneath the Canary Islands as well as in similar Atlantic islands that rest on sediment-covered ocean crust (e.g. Cape Verdes, Azores). The occurrence of "restingolites" indicates that crustal recycling is a relevant process in ocean islands, too, but does not herald the arrival of potentially explosive high-silica magma in the active plumbing system beneath El Hierro.
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Bain, Amelia A., Anthony Lamur, Jackie E. Kendrick, Yan Lavallée, Eliza S. Calder, Joaquín A. Cortés, Ian B. Butler, and Gloria Patricia Cortés. "Constraints on the porosity, permeability and porous micro-structure of highly-crystalline andesitic magma during plug formation." Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 379 (July 2019): 72–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2019.05.001.
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Carbotte, Suzanne M., Adrien Arnulf, Marc Spiegelman, Michelle Lee, Alistair Harding, Graham Kent, Juan Pablo Canales, and Mladen Nedimović. "Stacked sills forming a deep melt-mush feeder conduit beneath Axial Seamount." Geology 48, no. 7 (April 27, 2020): 693–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/g47223.1.
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Abstract Magmatic systems are composed of melt accumulations and crystal mush that evolve with melt transport, contributing to igneous processes, volcano dynamics, and eruption triggering. Geophysical studies of active volcanoes have revealed details of shallow-level melt reservoirs, but little is known about fine-scale melt distribution at deeper levels dominated by crystal mush. Here, we present new seismic reflection images from Axial Seamount, northeastern Pacific Ocean, revealing a 3–5-km-wide conduit of vertically stacked melt lenses, with near-regular spacing of 300–450 m extending into the inferred mush zone of the mid-to-lower crust. This column of lenses underlies the shallowest melt-rich portion of the upper-crustal magma reservoir, where three dike intrusion and eruption events initiated. The pipe-like zone is similar in geometry and depth extent to the volcano inflation source modeled from geodetic records, and we infer that melt ascent by porous flow focused within the melt lens conduit led to the inflation-triggered eruptions. The multiple near-horizontal lenses are interpreted as melt-rich layers formed via mush compaction, an interpretation supported by one-dimensional numerical models of porous flow in a viscoelastic matrix.
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Friis, Henrik. "A quartzite inclusion in the R~nne Granite - the fist Danish sediment?" Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 43 (July 14, 1996): 4–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.37570/bgsd-1996-43-01.
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The original thin sections from a quartzite inclusion in the RØnne Granite described by Karen Callisen in 1934 have been reexarnined. They appear to represent a sandstone, which has been strongly recrystallized in the granite, but which has retained some evidence of the original fabric. It is concluded that the sandstone was either still porous or was carbonate cemented when it was included in the granitic magma. Part of the intergranular space has been filled by granitic minerals, mainly microcline, but carbonate minerals are important. Some of the recrystallized quartz grains contain many mineral inclusions as well as liquidlgas inclusions. It is suggested that future studies of sedimentary rocks included in the basement rocks of Bornholm may give important knowledge on intmsion depth and temperature of the granites.
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Tegner, Christian, and Brian Robins. "Picrite sills and crystal-melt reactions in the Honningsvåg Intrusive Suite, northern Norway." Mineralogical Magazine 60, no. 398 (February 1996): 53–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1180/minmag.1996.060.398.05.
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AbstractField relations in the upper part of Intrusion II of the Caledonian Honningsvåg Intrusive Suite show that some peridotite sheets transgress, and include in situ rafts of, the adjacent gabbroic cumulates. Modal and textural analyses of three olivine melagabbro sheets show non-cotectic mineral proportions that are likely to result from crystal-melt reactions. Discordant, replacive fingers and pipes of feldspathic peridotite along interfaces between peridotite and overlying olivine melagabbro also suggest crystal-melt reactions.It is proposed that several picritic sills intruded porous gabbroic cumulates in the upper part of Intrusion II. Lateral infiltration of picritic magma led to crystal-melt reactions, mainly assimilation of plagioclase and precipitation of olivine, resulting in the formation of olivine melagabbro and peridotite sheets, and replacive fingers and pipes of feldspathic peridotite.
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Keller, Tobias, and Jenny Suckale. "A continuum model of multi-phase reactive transport in igneous systems." Geophysical Journal International 219, no. 1 (June 25, 2019): 185–222. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggz287.
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SUMMARY Multiphase reactive transport processes are ubiquitous in igneous systems. A challenging aspect of modelling igneous phenomena is that they range from solid-dominated porous to liquid-dominated suspension flows and therefore entail a wide spectrum of rheological conditions, flow speeds and length scales. Most previous models have been restricted to the two-phase limits of porous melt transport in deforming, partially molten rock and crystal settling in convecting magma bodies. The goal of this paper is to develop a framework that can capture igneous system from source to surface at all phase proportions including not only rock and melt but also an exsolved volatile phase. Here, we derive an n-phase reactive transport model building on the concepts of Mixture Theory, along with principles of Rational Thermodynamics and procedures of Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics. Our model operates at the macroscopic system scale and requires constitutive relations for fluxes within and transfers between phases, which are the processes that together give rise to reactive transport phenomena. We introduce a phase- and process-wise symmetrical formulation for fluxes and transfers of entropy, mass, momentum and volume, and propose phenomenological coefficient closures that determine how fluxes and transfers respond to mechanical and thermodynamic forces. Finally, we demonstrate that the known limits of two-phase porous and suspension flow emerge as special cases of our general model and discuss some ramifications for modelling pertinent two- and three-phase flow problems in igneous systems.
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Tokareva, M. A. "On Global Solvability of a Problem of a Viscous Liquid Motion in a Deformable Viscous Porous Medium." Izvestiya of Altai State University, no. 1(111) (March 6, 2020): 133–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.14258/izvasu(2020)1-23.
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The initial-boundary value problem for the system of one-dimensional motion of viscous liquid in a deformable viscous porous medium is considered. The introduction presents the relevance of a theoretical study of this problem, scientific novelty, theoretical and practical significance, methodology and research methods, a review of publications on this topic. The first paragraph shows the conclusion of the model and the statement of the problem. In paragraph 2, we consider the case of motion of a viscous compressible fluid in a poroelastic medium and prove the local theorem on the existence and uniqueness of the problem. In the case of an incompressible fluid, the global solvability theorem is proved in the Holder classes in paragraph 3. In paragraph 4, an algorithm for the numerical solution of the problem is given. Mathematical models of fluid filtration in a porous medium apply to a broad range of practical problems. The examples include but are not limited to filtration near river dams, irrigation, and drainage of agricultural fields, oil and gas production, in particular, the dynamics of hydraulic fractures, problems of degassing coal and shale deposits in order to extract methane; magma movement in the earth's crust, geotectonics in the study of subsidence of the earth's crust, processes occurring in sedimentary basins, etc. A feature of the model of fluid filtration in a porous medium considered in this paper is the inclusion of the mobility of the solid skeleton and its poroelastic properties.
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Bonafede, Maurizio, and Nicola Cenni. "A porous flow model of magma migration within Mt. Etna: The influence of extended sources and permeability anisotropy." Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 81, no. 1-2 (April 1998): 51–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0377-0273(97)00053-x.
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Eichheimer, Philipp, Marcel Thielmann, Anton Popov, Gregor J. Golabek, Wakana Fujita, Maximilian O. Kottwitz, and Boris J. P. Kaus. "Pore-scale permeability prediction for Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids." Solid Earth 10, no. 5 (October 23, 2019): 1717–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/se-10-1717-2019.
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Abstract. The flow of fluids through porous media such as groundwater flow or magma migration is a key process in geological sciences. Flow is controlled by the permeability of the rock; thus, an accurate determination and prediction of its value is of crucial importance. For this reason, permeability has been measured across different scales. As laboratory measurements exhibit a range of limitations, the numerical prediction of permeability at conditions where laboratory experiments struggle has become an important method to complement laboratory approaches. At high resolutions, this prediction becomes computationally very expensive, which makes it crucial to develop methods that maximize accuracy. In recent years, the flow of non-Newtonian fluids through porous media has gained additional importance due to, e.g., the use of nanofluids for enhanced oil recovery. Numerical methods to predict fluid flow in these cases are therefore required. Here, we employ the open-source finite difference solver LaMEM (Lithosphere and Mantle Evolution Model) to numerically predict the permeability of porous media at low Reynolds numbers for both Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids. We employ a stencil rescaling method to better describe the solid–fluid interface. The accuracy of the code is verified by comparing numerical solutions to analytical ones for a set of simplified model setups. Results show that stencil rescaling significantly increases the accuracy at no additional computational cost. Finally, we use our modeling framework to predict the permeability of a Fontainebleau sandstone and demonstrate numerical convergence. Results show very good agreement with experimental estimates as well as with previous studies. We also demonstrate the ability of the code to simulate the flow of power-law fluids through porous media. As in the Newtonian case, results show good agreement with analytical solutions.
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Spiegelman, Marc. "Flow in deformable porous media. Part 1 Simple analysis." Journal of Fluid Mechanics 247 (February 1993): 17–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022112093000369.
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Many processes in the Earth, such as magma migration, can be described by the flow of a low-viscosity fluid in a viscously deformable, permeable matrix. The purpose of this and a companion paper is to develop a better physical understanding of the equations governing these two-phase flows. This paper presents a series of analytic approximate solutions to the governing equations to show that the equations describe two different modes of matrix deformation. Shear deformation of the matrix is governed by Stokes equation and can lead to porosity-driven convection. Volume changes of the matrix are governed by a nonlinear dispersive wave equation for porosity. Porosity waves exist because the fluid flux is an increasing function of porosity and the matrix can expand or compact in response to variations in the fluid flux. The speed and behaviour of the waves depend on the functional relationship between permeability and porosity. If the partial derivative of the permeability with respect to porosity, ∂kϕ/∂ϕ, is also an increasing function of porosity, then the waves travel faster than the fluid in the pores and can steepen into porosity shocks. The propagation of porosity waves, however, is resisted by the viscous resistance of the matrix to volume changes. Linear analysis shows that viscous stresses cause plane waves to disperse and provide additional pressure gradients that deflect the flow of fluid around obstacles. When viscous resistance is neglected in the nonlinear equations, porosity shock waves form from obstructions in the fluid flux. Using the method of characteristics, we quantify the specific criteria for shocks to develop in one and two dimensions. A companion paper uses numerical schemes to show that in the full equations, viscous resistance to volume changes causes simple shocks to disperse into trains of nonlinear solitary waves.
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Strehlow, K., J. H. Gottsmann, and A. C. Rust. "Poroelastic responses of confined aquifers to subsurface strain changes and their use for volcano monitoring." Solid Earth Discussions 7, no. 2 (June 9, 2015): 1673–729. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/sed-7-1673-2015.
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Abstract. Well water level changes associated with magmatic unrest can be interpreted as a result of pore pressure changes in the aquifer due to crustal deformation, and so could provide constraints on the subsurface processes causing this strain. We use Finite Element Analysis to demonstrate the response of aquifers to volumetric strain induced by pressurised magma reservoirs. Two different aquifers are invoked – an unconsolidated pyroclastic deposit and a vesicular lava flow – and embedded in an impermeable crust, overlying a magma chamber. The time-dependent, fully coupled models simulate crustal deformation accompanying chamber pressurisation and the resulting hydraulic head changes as well as porous flow in the aquifer. The simulated deformational strain leads to centimetres (pyroclastic aquifer) to meters (lava flow aquifer) of hydraulic head changes; both strain and hydraulic head change with time due to substantial porous flow in the hydrological system. Well level changes are particularly sensitive to chamber volume and shape, followed by chamber depth and the phase of the pore fluid. The Young's Modulus and permeability of the aquifer, as well as the strength of pressurisation also have significant influence on the hydraulic head signal. While source characteristics, the distance between chamber and aquifer and the elastic stratigraphy determine the strain field and its partitioning, flow and coupling parameters define how the aquifer responds to this strain and how signals change with time. We investigated a period of pre-eruptive head changes recorded at Usu volcano, Japan, where well data were interpreted using an analytical deformation model. We find that generic analytical models can fail to capture the complex pre-eruptive subsurface mechanics leading to well level changes, due to aquifer pressure changes being sensitive to chamber shape and lithological heterogeneities. In addition, the presence of a pore fluid and its flow have a significant influence on the strain signal in the aquifer and are commonly neglected in analytical models. These findings highlight the need for numerical models for the interpretation of observed well level signals. However, simulated water table changes do mirror volumetric strain and wells can therefore serve as comparatively cheap strain meters that could provide important insights into pre-eruptive dynamics.
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Jutras, Pierre, Jaroslav Dostal, and Sandra Kamo. "Trace element–enriched mid-Visean dikes in the New Carlisle area of Quebec, Canada: Unusual products of a tholeiitic melt sourced from metasomatized mantle rocks and fractionated in a brine-rich upper-crustal environment." GSA Bulletin 131, no. 11-12 (May 2, 2019): 2079–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/b35206.1.
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Abstract Early Carboniferous tholeiitic dikes in the New Carlisle area of Quebec, Canada, are abnormally enriched in high field strength elements (HFSEs), including rare earth elements. The enrichment is systematic and was apparently caused by an enhanced incompatibility of HFSEs during a prolonged episode of crystal fractionation. As a result, HFSE concentrations are up to one order of magnitude higher than those of typical mafic rocks. Very high F and Cl contents suggest that halogen complexing was largely responsible for the trace-element enrichment. The high halogen contents are in part accounted for by a subcontinental lithospheric mantle source that had previously been enriched in these elements by prolonged subduction. Additional Cl enrichment is interpreted to have occurred in a magma chamber that developed within porous and brine-rich country rocks of the upper crust. This conclusion is supported by the observation that HFSE-enriched mafic plutons in the same magmatic province occur in nonmetamorphosed upper-crustal rocks, suggesting high buoyancy and therefore high temperatures. Such evidence for high heat in the late Paleozoic magmatic system of eastern Canada corroborates previous studies suggesting that the transtensional basin in which it evolved was overriding a mantle plume at the time. In the case of the New Carlisle dikes, which are more than twice as enriched in incompatible trace elements as slightly older mafic rocks of the same magmatic system, the regional paleoenvironmental setting suggests that the associated upper-crustal magma chamber may have evolved in rocks with saltier pore water due to long-lasting evaporitic conditions at the surface.
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Sumotarto, Untung, F. Hendrasto, and Wibagiyo Wibagiyo. "GEOHYDROTHERMAL MODEL OF ARJUNO, WELIRANG AND PENANGGUNGAN VOLCANOES EAST JAVA, INDONESIA." PENELITIAN DAN KARYA ILMIAH 2, no. 1 (January 1, 2018): 37. http://dx.doi.org/10.25105/pdk.v2i1.2457.
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Indonesia is a country having a high geothermal energy potential. The geothermal energy in Java island, as a volcanic row island, has been explored and produced. One of the area that has not been produced is volcanic area around Arjuno, Welirang and Penanggungan (AWP) located in East Java. Geochemical survey has been performed to explore a more detailed objective in exploring the potential resource of geothermal energy of this area. Chemical and isotopic analysis shows the maturity level of waters taken from water springs in the area. The immature water from the water springs is interpreted coming mostly from meteoric water which flows quite fast forming water springs around the area. Geohydrothermally, the water flows through porous and permeable volcanic rocks that receive heat from igneous rocks existing together in the area. The igneous rocks are flowing heat conductively from magma below the AWP volcanoes.
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Young, I. M., and C. H. Donaldson. "Formation of granular-textured layers and laminae within the Rhum crystal pile." Geological Magazine 122, no. 5 (September 1985): 519–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0016756800035433.
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AbstractIn the allivalite of cyclic unit 9 in the Eastern Layered Series of the Rhum intrusion there is an undulatory contact between a relatively dense pyroxene-rich rock and a less dense pyroxene-poor rock. The three-dimensional form of this contact resembles that developed between two fluids deforming under the influence of gravity. Minor layers, laminae and lamination in these rocks in places cut across the contact between the pyroxene-rich and pyroxene-poor rock types. They are, therefore, inferred to post-date the formation of the contact and hence to have formed within a porous crystal pile on the chamber floor. Possible mechanisms of formation are discussed but their origin remains unclear. These observations cast doubt on the common assumption that the combination of granular (cumulus) textures and layering structures is sufficient evidence on which to infer equilibrium of granular crystals with a contemporary magma.
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Barboza, Scott A., and George W. Bergantz. "Dynamic model of dehydration melting motivated by a natural analogue: applications to the Ivrea–Verbano zone, northern Italy." Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 87, no. 1-2 (1996): 23–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0263593300006441.
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ABSTRACT:Dehydration melting of crustal rocks may commonly occur in response to the intrusion of mafic magma in the mid- or lower crust. However, the relative importance of melt buoyancy, shear or dyking in melt generation and extraction under geologically relevant conditions is not well understood. A numerical model of the partial melting of a metapelite is presented and the model results are compared with the Ivrea-Verbano Zone in northern Italy. The numerical model uses the mixture theory approach to modelling simultaneous convection and phase change and includes special ramping and switching functions to accommodate the rheology of crystal-melt mixtures in accordance with the results of deformation experiments. The model explicitly includes both porous media flow and thermally and compositionally driven bulk convection of a restitecharged melt mass. A range of melt viscosity and critical melt fraction models is considered. General agreement was found between predicted positions of isopleths and those from the Ivrea-Verbano Zone. Maximum melt velocities in the region of porous flow are found to be 1 × 10−7 and 1 × 10−1m per year in the region of viscous flow. The results indicate that melt buoyancy alone may not be a sufficient agent for melt extraction and that extensive, vigorous convection of partially molten rocks above mafic bodies is unlikely, in accord with direct geological examples.
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Dontsov, E. V. "Propagation regimes of buoyancy-driven hydraulic fractures with solidification." Journal of Fluid Mechanics 797 (May 16, 2016): 1–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2016.274.
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This study investigates the propagation of a semi-infinite buoyancy-driven hydraulic fracture in situations when the fluid is able to solidify along the crack walls. Such problems occur when hot magma ascends from a chamber due to buoyancy forces and solidifies by interacting with colder rock. In the model, the solidification rate is calculated assuming a one-dimensional heat transfer problem, in which case it becomes mathematically equivalent to Carter’s leak-off model, which is commonly used to describe the fluid leak-off from a hydraulic fracture into a porous rock formation. In order to construct a mathematical model for a buoyancy-driven hydraulic fracture with solidification, the aforementioned thermal problem is combined with (i) linear plane-strain elasticity to ensure equilibrium of the rock surrounding the fracture, (ii) linear elastic fracture mechanics to determine the fracture propagation, (iii) lubrication theory to capture the viscous fluid flow inside the crack and to account for the effect of buoyancy, and (iv) volume balance of the magma. To address the problem, the governing equations are first rewritten in terms of one integral equation with a non-singular kernel, which significantly simplifies the analysis and the procedure for obtaining a numerical solution. The latter solution is shown to obey a multiscale behaviour near the fracture tip that is fully resolved by the numerical scheme. In order to understand the structure of the solution and to quantify the regimes of propagation (and the associated transitions), a thorough analysis of the problem has been performed. Finally, the developments are applied to investigate the non-steady propagation of a buoyancy-driven fracture that is fed by a constant flux.
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Spiegelman, Marc. "Flow in deformable porous media. Part 2 Numerical analysis – the relationship between shock waves and solitary waves." Journal of Fluid Mechanics 247 (February 1993): 39–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022112093000370.
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Using numerical schemes, this paper demonstrates how viscous resistance to volume changes modifies the simplest shock wave solutions presented in Part 1. For an initial condition chosen to form a step-function shock, viscous resistance causes the shock to disperse into a rank-ordered wavetrain of solitary waves. Large obstructions in flux produce large-amplitude, slow-moving wavetrains while smaller shocks shed small-amplitude waves. While the viscous resistance term is initially important over a narrow boundary layer, information about obstructions in the flux can propagate over many compaction lengths through the formation of non-zero wavelength porosity waves. For large-amplitude shocks, information can actually propagate backwards relative to the matrix. The physics of dispersion is discussed and a physical argument is presented to parameterize the amplitude of the wavetrain as a function of the amplitude of the predicted shock. This quantitative relationship between the prediction of shocks and the development of solitary waves also holds when mass transfer between solid and liquid is included. Melting causes solitary waves to decrease in amplitude but the process is reversible and freezing can cause small perturbations in the fluid flux to amplify into large-amplitude waves. These model problems show that the equations governing volume changes of the matrix are inherently time dependent. Perturbations to steady-state solutions propagate as nonlinear waves and these problems demonstrate several initial conditions that do not relax to steady state. If these equations describe processes such as magma migration in the Earth, then these processes should be inherently episodic in space and time.
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Romano, V., U. Tammaro, and P. Capuano. "A 2-D FEM thermal model to simulate water flow in a porous media: Campi Flegrei caldera case study." Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics 19, no. 3 (May 10, 2012): 323–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/npg-19-323-2012.
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Abstract. Volcanic and geothermal aspects both exist in many geologically young areas. In these areas the heat transfer process is of fundamental importance, so that the thermal and fluid-dynamic processes characterizing a viscous fluid in a porous medium are very important to understand the complex dynamics of the these areas. The Campi Flegrei caldera, located west of the city of Naples, within the central-southern sector of the large graben of Campanian plain, is a region where both volcanic and geothermal phenomena are present. The upper part of the geothermal system can be considered roughly as a succession of volcanic porous material (tuff) saturated by a mixture formed mainly by water and carbon dioxide. We have implemented a finite elements approach in transient conditions to simulate water flow in a 2-D porous medium to model the changes of temperature in the geothermal system due to magmatic fluid inflow, accounting for a transient phase, not considered in the analytical solutions and fluid compressibility. The thermal model is described by means of conductive/convective equations, in which we propose a thermal source represented by a parabolic shape function to better simulate an increase of temperature in the central part (magma chamber) of a box, simulating the Campi Flegrei caldera and using more recent evaluations, from literature, for the medium's parameters (specific heat capacity, density, thermal conductivity, permeability). A best-fit velocity for the permeant is evaluated by comparing the simulated temperatures with those measured in wells drilled by Agip (Italian Oil Agency) in the 1980s in the framework of geothermal exploration. A few tens of days are enough to reach the thermal steady state, showing the quick response of the system to heat injection. The increase in the pressure due to the heat transport is then used to compute ground deformation, in particular the vertical displacements characteristics of the Campi Flegrei caldera behaviour. The vertical displacements range from 1 cm to 10 cm in accordance with the mini uplift, characterizing the recent behaviour of the caldera. The time needed to move fluid particles from the bottom to the upper layer (years) is compatible with the timing of the mini uplift.
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Blundy, Jon, Andrey Afanasyev, Brian Tattitch, Steve Sparks, Oleg Melnik, Ivan Utkin, and Alison Rust. "The economic potential of metalliferous sub-volcanic brines." Royal Society Open Science 8, no. 6 (June 2021): 202192. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.202192.
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The transition to a low-carbon economy will increase demand for a wide range of metals, notably copper, which is used extensively in power generation and in electric vehicles. Increased demand will require new, sustainable approaches to copper exploration and extraction. Conventional copper mining entails energy-intensive extraction of relatively low-grade ore from large open pits or underground mines and subsequent ore refining. Most copper derives ultimately from hot, hydrous magmatic fluids. Ore formation involves phase separation of these fluids to form copper-rich hypersaline liquids (or ‘brines') and subsequent precipitation of copper sulfides. Geophysical surveys of many volcanoes reveal electrically conductive bodies at around 2 km depth, consistent with lenses of brine hosted in porous rock. Building upon emerging concepts in crustal magmatism, we explore the potential of sub-volcanic brines as an in situ source of copper and other metals. Using hydrodynamic simulations, we show that 10 000 years of magma degassing can generate a Cu-rich brine lens containing up to 1.4 Mt Cu in a rock volume of a few km 3 at approximately 2 km depth. Direct extraction of metal-rich brines represents a novel development in metal resource extraction that obviates the need for conventional mines, and generates geothermal power as a by-product.
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Budiarto, B., and T. D. Kurniawan. "Effect of vacuum system on porous product defects and micro structures on the ADC-12 aluminum material with cold chamber die casting machines." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 878, no. 1 (October 1, 2021): 012072. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/878/1/012072.
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Abstract Research on the effect of the vacuum system on porous product defects and microstructure on the ADC-12 aluminum alloy material with cold chamber die casting machine has been carried out. In the injection process in cold chamber die casting, the aluminum material commonly used is namely ADC-12. The ADC-12 aluminum alloy has better resistance to corrosion, is lightweight, has ease of casting, good mechanical properties, and dimensional stability. The purpose of this study is to compare the vacuum system with overflow system using ADC-12 aluminum alloy material with observed parameters are porosity, trapped air pressure, hot spot level, hardness level of Vickers Hardness, XRD analysis, and microstructure analysis with Light Optical Microscope (LOM). The results of the analysis using the Magma flow software, the vacuum system is better than the overflow system in terms of porosity and product yield, which is influenced by the amount of air trapped and the hot spot level. The level of hardness in a product with a vacuum system is better than a product with an overflow system. The average hardness in the vacuum system is 162,235 while in the overflow system is 147,615. Thus, the use of a vacuum system can increase the level of hardness in products by around 9%. With the change in usage from the overflow system to the vacuum system, it shows an increase in dislocation density followed by an increase in lattice strain and a decrease in the level of crystal size of the product.
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Paterson, Scott R., Valbone Memeti, Geoffrey Pignotta, Saskia Erdmann, Jiří Žák, Jennifer Chambers, and Adam Ianno. "Formation and transfer of stoped blocks into magma chambers: The high-temperature interplay between focused porous flow, cracking, channel flow, host-rock anisotropy, and regional deformation." Geosphere 8, no. 2 (April 2012): 443–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/ges00680.1.
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Zeb, Aurang, Muhammad Abid, Misbah Aurang Zeb, Muhammad Omer Qureshi, Usman Younas, and Irem Batool. "Measurement and Prediction of Thermal Conductivity of Volcanic Basalt Rocks from Warsak Area." Advances in Materials Science and Engineering 2020 (August 24, 2020): 1–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/4756806.
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Accurate values of thermal properties of rocks are needed for a number of engineering applications starting from heat losses in buildings to underground geothermal modeling. Igneous rocks are one of the major constituents of the Earth’s crust and are formed by the crystallization and solidification of molten magma. In this work, the thermal transport properties of porous igneous basalt rocks are measured using Transient Plane Source (TPS) technique under ambient conditions with air as saturant in pore spaces. Data are presented for fifteen samples of volcanic basalt rocks having different porosity values ranging from 0.267% to 9.432% by volume, taken from the place of Warsak near Peshawar city, located in the north of Pakistan. The porosity and density parameters are measured using the American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) standards. The mineral compositions of the samples are analyzed by X-ray fluorescence (XRF) technique. The specific gravity is predicted using the chemical composition of basalts and is compared with the experimental results. The thermal conductivity and thermal diffusivity values of the measured samples are also predicted using the mixing law and empirical models and results are compared with the measured data. Results show that the thermal conductivity of the studies of basalt samples decreases with the increase in porosity values, whereas no significant change has been observed in the thermal diffusivity data. Measured data are significant for geothermal modeling and in predicting heat losses in buildings wherever basalt rocks are used.
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Coats, Rebecca, Jackie E. Kendrick, Paul A. Wallace, Takahiro Miwa, Adrian J. Hornby, James D. Ashworth, Takeshi Matsushima, and Yan Lavallée. "Failure criteria for porous dome rocks and lavas: a study of Mt. Unzen, Japan." Solid Earth 9, no. 6 (November 8, 2018): 1299–328. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/se-9-1299-2018.
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Abstract. The strength and macroscopic deformation mode (brittle vs. ductile) of rocks is generally related to the porosity and pressure conditions, with occasional considerations of strain rate. At high temperature, molten rocks abide by Maxwell's viscoelasticity and their deformation mode is generally defined by strain rate or reciprocally by comparing the relaxation timescale of the material (for a given condition) to the observation timescale – a dimensionless ratio known as the Deborah (De) number. Volcanic materials are extremely heterogeneous, with variable concentrations of crystals, glass–melt, and vesicles (of different sizes), and a complete description of the conditions leading to flow or rupture as a function of temperature, stress and strain rate (or timescale of observation) eludes us. Here, we examined the conditions which lead to the macroscopic failure of variably vesicular (0.09–0.35), crystal-rich (∼ 75 vol %), pristine and altered dome rocks (at ambient temperature) and lavas (at 900 °C) from Mt. Unzen volcano, Japan. We found that the strength of the dome rocks decreases with porosity and is commonly independent of strain rate; when comparing pristine and altered rocks, we found that the precipitation of secondary mineral phases in the original pore space caused minor strengthening. The strength of the lavas (at 900 °C) also decreases with porosity. Importantly, the results demonstrate that these dome rocks are weaker at ambient temperatures than when heated and deformed at 900 °C (for a given strain rate resulting in brittle behaviour). Thermal stressing (by heating and cooling a rock up to 900 °C at a rate of 4 °C min−1, before testing its strength at ambient temperature) was found not to affect the strength of rocks.In the magmatic state (900 °C), the rheology of the dome lavas is strongly strain rate dependent. Under conditions of low experimental strain rate (≤ 10−4 s−1), ductile deformation dominated (i.e. the material sustained substantial, pervasive deformation) and displayed a non-Newtonian shear thinning behaviour. In this regime, the apparent viscosities of the dome lavas were found to be essentially equivalent, independent of vesicularity, likely due to the lack of pore pressurisation and efficient pore collapse during shear. At high experimental strain rates ( ≥ 10−4 s−1) the lavas displayed an increasingly brittle response (i.e. deformation resulted in failure along localised faults); we observed an increase in strength and a decrease in strain to failure as a function of strain rate. To constrain the conditions leading to failure of the lavas, we analysed and compared the critical Deborah number at failure (Dec) of these lavas to that of pure melt (Demelt = 10−3–10−2; Webb and Dingwell, 1990). We found that the presence of crystals decreases Dec to between 6.6×10−4 and 1×10−4. The vesicularity (φ), which dictates the strength of lavas, further controls Dec following a linear trend. We discuss the implications of these findings for the case of magma ascent and lava dome structural stability.
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Wilson, Penelope I. R., Robert W. Wilson, David J. Sanderson, Ian Jarvis, and Kenneth J. W. McCaffrey. "Analysis of deformation bands associated with the Trachyte Mesa intrusion, Henry Mountains, Utah: implications for reservoir connectivity and fluid flow around sill intrusions." Solid Earth 12, no. 1 (January 20, 2021): 95–117. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/se-12-95-2021.
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Abstract. Shallow-level igneous intrusions are a common feature of many sedimentary basins, and there is increased recognition of the syn-emplacement deformation structures in the host rock that help to accommodate this magma addition. However, the sub-seismic structure and reservoir-scale implications of igneous intrusions remain poorly understood. The Trachyte Mesa intrusion is a small (∼1.5 km2), NE–SW trending satellite intrusion to the Oligocene-age Mount Hillers intrusive complex in the Henry Mountains, Utah. It is emplaced within the highly porous, aeolian Entrada Sandstone Formation (Jurassic), producing a network of conjugate sets of NE–SW striking deformation bands trending parallel to the intrusion margins. The network was characterized by defining a series of nodes and branches, from which the topology, frequency, intensity, spacing, characteristic length, and dimensionless intensity of the deformation band traces and branches were determined. These quantitative geometric and topological measures were supplemented by petrological, porosity and microstructural analyses. Results show a marked increase in deformation band intensity and significant porosity reduction with increasing proximity to the intrusion. The deformation bands are likely to impede fluid flow, forming barriers and baffles within the Entrada reservoir unit. A corresponding increase in Y- and X-nodes highlights the significant increase in deformation band connectivity, which in turn will significantly reduce the permeability of the sandstone. This study indicates that fluid flow in deformed host rocks around igneous bodies may vary significantly from that in the undeformed host rock. A better understanding of the variability of deformation structures, and their association with intrusion geometry, will have important implications for industries where fluid flow within naturally fractured reservoirs adds value (e.g. hydrocarbon reservoir deliverability, hydrology, geothermal energy and carbon sequestration).
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Hernández-González, Juan S., Lídia Butjosa, Núria Pujol-Solà, Thomas Aiglsperger, Marion Weber, Mónica Escayola, Carlos Ramírez-Cárdenas, Idael F. Blanco-Quintero, José María González-Jiménez, and Joaquín A. Proenza. "Petrology and geochemistry of high-Al chromitites from the MedellÍn Metaharzburgitic Unit (MMU), Colombia." Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana 72, no. 3 (November 28, 2020): A120620. http://dx.doi.org/10.18268/bsgm2020v72n3a120620.
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The Medellin Metaharzburgitic Unit (MMU), emplaced onto the western continental margin of Pangea during Triassic time, is located in the Central Cordillera of Colombia and consists of metaharzburgites, minor metadunites and chromitite bodies (Patio Bonito and San Pedro ore deposits). The ultramafic rocks contain relicts of mantle-derived olivine, chromian spinel and minor orthopyroxene, and a later metamorphic mineral assemblage composed by tremolite, chlorite, talc, fine-grained recrystallized olivine, serpentine-group minerals, magnetite, and secondary chromian spinel, formed during the thermal evolution of the unit. The Cr# [Cr/(Cr+Al) atomic ratio] of the accessory primary chromian spinel in the metaperidotites ranges from 0.58 to 0.62 and overlaps those of supra-subduction peridotites from ophiolites. According to textural and compositional variations, the accessory chromian spinel in the metaperidotites can be classified into three groups: i) partially altered chromian spinel with an Al-rich core, ii) porous, Cr-Fe2+-enriched and Al-Mg-depleted chromian spinel, and iii) homogeneous Fe3+-rich chromian spinel. These variations can be related to superimposed medium-T metamorphism that reached amphibolite facies (ca. 600 ºC). Chromitite bodies associated with the metaperidotites have massive and semi-massive textures, and mainly consist of chromian spinel crystals, which show large unaltered cores surrounded by thin alteration rims of ferrian chromian spinel and chlorite. Chromitites are Al-rich (#Cr <0.6) and strongly depleted in platinum group elements (ΣPGE <41 ppb). The primary petrological and geochemical characteristics preserved in the metaperidotites and chromitites indicate that the MMU formed at shallow levels of a suboceanic lithospheric mantle related to a supra-subduction zone (back-arc basin/incipient arc scenario), and that the chromitites crystallized from a tholeiitic magma (back-arc basin basalt type).
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PE-PIPER, GEORGIA, and K. HATZIPANAGIOTOU. "The Pliocene volcanic rocks of Crommyonia, western Greece and their implications for the early evolution of the South Aegean arc." Geological Magazine 134, no. 1 (January 1997): 55–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0016756897006390.
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Minor Pliocene dacites from Crommyonia mark the western end of the South Aegean volcanic arc. They form small lava domes and flows generally associated with extensional faults. An older group (3.6–4 Ma) occurs in the west and a younger group (2.3–2.8 Ma) in the east. Volcanic rocks of similar age are found at Aegina, Poros and Milos in the western part of the South Aegean arc, whereas volcanism in the eastern part of the arc is of Quaternary age. The two groups of rocks at Crommyonia are chemically distinct. Both groups contain multiple generations of plagioclase. Both have εNd (−8.0 to −10.6) that is much more negative than any other rocks in the South Aegean arc and model ages that are similar to those for many Miocene extensional granites of the Cyclades. The model ages are interpreted to reflect a mid-Proterozoic mantle event recognized elsewhere in the Hellenides. The Crommyonia dacitic magmas represent the first stages of melting of deep lithosphere as a result of both subduction-related hydrous fluids and extensional decompression. Plagioclase compositions suggest important magma evolution in a base-of-crust magma chamber, where the strong crustal Nd isotope signature was acquired. With time, asthenospheric sources that upwelled as a result of extension played an increasingly important role in determining the isotopic characteristics of the arc volcanism.